VOA标准英语2015--货币争论威胁贸易洽谈

Sierra Leone Ebola Orphans¹ Face Yet Another Crisis 货币争论威胁贸易洽谈

SIERRA LEONE—

There's growing concern about the future of an orphanage² run by a British charity in Sierra Leone, after one staff member died last week from Ebola, and his wife died this week. 

The Saint George Foundation Orphanage in the capital, Freetown, is now in quarantine, with more than 20 children and seven staff in lock-down.  In the last year, it has helped hundreds of children orphaned³ by the Ebola virus.

The Ebola virus has orphaned several children more than once.  There are boys who have lost two fathers - indeed all the children at this orphanage are double victims.

Ebola killed their parents and now it has claimed the life of the man who gave them shelter.

On our visit we had to be careful - the whole area is under quarantine.

It was Augustine Baker⁴ who helped to run the orphanage offering help to those many in society ignore.

First, he was rescuing street children. Then, when Ebola came along he provided a safe haven⁵ for orphans of the virus.

"Each are like four years, five years nine years,  seen ambulance coming to their homes collecting the corpses⁶ of his or her mother. It's too much for the child," he said.

But last week he collapsed⁷ at a staff meeting and a few days later he was dead.

Then this week, his wife Bunda also passed away.

Their two children are now orphans

Marian Foster is one of the seven staff at the orphanage. She said everyone's temperatures are taken three times a day as a precaution.

Foster says everyone is frightened they have been infected too.

There are almost 8,500 Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone but for the time being, for 21 days, this place is out of bounds. And the fervent⁸ hope is it will reopen soon.

As health workers assess the situation at the facility complete closure of the orphanage is unthinkable

That will be a terrible blow for the children given a chance to survive the Ebola crisis and a blow for the society still struggling to beat the disease.

Because of the size and seriousness of the Ebola outbreak, VOA and BBC are collaborating⁹ in order to give audiences in Africa and around the world access to the best information and content available. 

1 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

2 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

3 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。

4 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

5 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

6 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

7 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

8 fervent   

adj.热的，热烈的，热情的

参考例句：

• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
• Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。

9 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。